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On this episode of the South Carolina Lede for October 25, 2025: A.T. Shire and Sean Birch take the wheel while host Gavin Jackson is under the weather. The two discuss Halloween decorations, costumes, candy, and another live Lede in the works!

In its Friday morning meeting, the Santee Cooper Board of Directors approved multiple motions to progress work on natural gas and nuclear energy units. The nuclear site is the VC Summer Nuclear Station in Jenkinsville.

Around 78% of South Carolina is experiencing unusually dry conditions and 44% are officially in drought. The current status remains far less severe than historic droughts.

The South Carolina Department of Public health has announced additional dates and locations for residents to receive the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine, at no cost, as the total number of confirmed cases in SC this year reaches 25.

Charleston and Spartanburg County Emergency Management teams have been approved for deployment to assist with response and recovery efforts in western Alaska in the aftermath of Typhoon Halong.

Howard Knapp, the former State Election Commission executive director, and Paige Salonich, SEC's former deputy executive director, were both arrested Oct. 24.

The Dreher Shoals Dam, more commonly known as the Lake Murray Dam, has been dedicated as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.

Mike Switzer interviews Mark Elfers, CEO of GreenCape Health in Greenville, SC.

Mike Switzer interviews Mark Elfers, CEO of GreenCape Health in Greenville, SC.

Today, only one in five students get enough exercise. While most elementary schools offer PE, access drops in high school, denying teens physical activity during a key stage of development. In response, the federal government has reintroduced the Presidential Fitness Test.